G.N.I.T.

S – ETE DEPARTMENT

NON-LINEAR WAVE SHAPING CIRCUITS

CLAMPERS
AIM:
To study the clamping circuits using diodes and capacitors.

APPARATUS:
1. Function Generator.
2. Bread board
3. CRO
4. DC power supply (dual)
5. Resistors ( 100 K )
6. Diodes (1N4007)
7. Capacitor (0.1f)
8. Connecting Wires
9. CRO Probes

THEORY:
Clamping circuits add a DC level to an AC signal. A clamper is also

refer to as DC restorer or DC re-inserter. The Clampers which clamp the

given waveform either above or below the reference level, which are known

as positive or negative clamping respectively.

I/P WAVEFORM

Vi =5V

t
-5V
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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM O/P WAVEFORMS

Negative Clamper

V0
t
0.5V
V0
10V
1KHz
-9.5V

Positive Clamper

V0
9.5V
V0 5V
t
-0.5V

Negative clamper with -ve reference voltage

V0

t
-1.5V
V0
-6.5V
-11.5V

V0
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Positive clamper with +ve reference voltage

Negative clamper with +ve reference voltage

V0

Positive clamper with -ve reference voltage

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PROCEDURE:

1. Connect the circuit as shown in fig.1.

2. Apply a Sine wave of 10V P-P, 1 KHz at the input terminals with the
help of Signal Generator.
3. Observe the I/P & O/P waveforms of CRO and plot the waveforms
and mark the values with VR = 2 V.
4. O/P is taken across the load RL.
5. Repeat the above steps for all clamping circuits as shown.

RESULT: Different types of clamping circuits are studied and observed the

response for different combinations of VR and diodes.

Reasoning Questions

1. What is clamping circuit?

2. What are the applications of clamping circuits?

3. What is the synchronized clamping?

4. Why is a clamper called a dc inserter?

5. What is clamping circuit theorem. How does the modified clamping circuit

theorem differ from this?

6. Differenciate –ve clamping circuit from +ve clamping circuits in the above

circuits.

7. Describe the charging and discharging of a capacitor is each circuit.